Bebearia leptotypa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, north Kivu, Equateur, Kinshasa and Sankuru).Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
E. leptotypa Baker has both wings black above with pale steel-blue suffusion; the suffusion on the forewing is confined to the posterior part and anteriorly bounded by vein 3, not extending to the base nor the distal margin; the subapical band is white, reaches vein 5 and is accompanied in cellule 4 by a bluish white spot which extends nearly to the distal margin; the apex with small white patch; the hindwing is blue with a broad marginal band of uniform breadth. The under surface is uniform light bronzy green; the forewing with the markings of the upperside indistinct; the hindwing with a whitish angled dash in cellule 7 and with an indistinct dark submarginal line and postmedian band. Expanse 86 mm. Congo region, at Beni-Mawambe.Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
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